Display device



SePt- 8, 1953 c. vAsQuEz 2,651,116

DISPLAY DEVICE Filed Feb. s, 1951 INVENTOR. CONRAD VASQUEZ.

AT TOR N EYS Patented Sept. 8, 1953 UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE DISPLAY DEVICE Conrad Vsquez, New York, Y.

Application February 3, 1951, Serial No. 209,245

(ci. :is- 49) 2 Claims. 1

This invention relates to a new and improved turnable figure or object display device,l and more particularly to a device for manipulating a three dimensional gure or object into any desired position for art or anatomical study and observation, or display.

Its principal object is to provide a device for manipulating a three dimensional figure or object into any desired position, the device having means for rotating or turning the figure Orobject both around its transverse axis and longitudinal axis for study, display and observation the device having indicia and pointer means to indicate any disposed angularity desired.

Another object of the invention is to provide a turnable figure or object display device which is economical to manufacture and assemble, and

which may be readily used and operated by anyone.

Other objects of the invention will be set forth vin the following description and drawings to Which- Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of the device;-`

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view thereof;

Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the essential operative parts of the device; and p Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawing, the device is mounted on the vertical support I0, which in turn is supported by the base II. Upright I il and base I I may be integral or may constitute separate members which can be secured to eachl other in any suitable manner to form the bracket support B. The configuration and construction of said bracket support B are of no consequence as far as the invention herein is concerned, and any desired support may be employed as the mounting medium. Likewise, sadbracket support B may be made of Wood, metal, plasticy or any other desired material.

As shown in Fig. 3, the upright I is provided 2 frictionally fitted the bushing I3, the said bushing being provided with the peripheral annular outwardly extending flange I4, the inner face of said flange abutting the rear face of upright I0 adjacent opening I 2, thereof.

Turnably located in bushing I3 is the longitudinal tubular housing or hollow cylindrical member I5, each end vof said housing extending beyond the respective ends of said bushing. It will be noted that theportion of the external circumferential wall of said housing which is located within bushing I3 abuts the inner circumferential wall of said bushing.

The end of tubular casing I5 adjacent annular flange I4 of `bushing I3 is designated as the rear end thereof, and the opposite end as the forward end thereof. The rear end ofrsaid tubular housing is closed by the knurled knob or hand-piece I 6, and the forward end by the plug I 5a. The

. said knob I6 is provided with an integral reduced mounting iiangev I1, which frictionally engages the outer circumferential peripheral edge of tubular housing I5 adjacent its rear end. The further connectionof said knob IE with said tubular housing I 5 is eiectuated by the set-screw I 8, which extends through a small transverse bore in ange I 1. It will be noted from Fig. 3 that the facing edge surfaces of flanges I1 and I4 abut each other.

A circular dial plate I9, having azimuth calibrations thereon, 4is mounted on the front face of upright III in any desired manner., the said dial being provided with a central opening 20 with a centrally located opening I2, in which isV throughwhich the forward end of bushing I 4 extends.` The said dial plate I 9 is concentric with `bushing I-4. and tubular housing I5. An annular indicator ring 2| is concentrieally mounted on tubular housing I5 anteriorly of said dial plate I9, so that the facing edge surfaces of the forward end of bushing I4 and ring 2l are in abutment. Ring 2| is further secured to tubular housing I 5 by means of the set-screw 22. A pair of diametricallyl opposite indicatorsy 23 project integrally from said ring 2 I.

As shown in Fig. 3, a supporting arm 24 is carried by the forward end of tubular housing I5, one end of said arm extending through plug Ia, and being securely retained therein by the setscrew 25. An anchoring pin P is turnably mounted on arm 24 adjacent the forward or outer end thereof. The said member P is perpendicularly disposed to said arm 24 and is composed of an upper section 26 and a lower section 21, section 26 projecting upwardly from the top planar face of said arm, and section 21 depending from the bottom planar face thereof. The ends of anchoring member P are slotted for the more secure retention of the part or half of the object or article to be mounted thereon. U represents the upper half of the body, object or article mounted on upper section 25, and L represents the lower half of the same mounted on lower section 21. It will be noted from Fig. 3 that the forward or outer end 24a of supporting arms 24, is disposed intermediate sections U and L. The invention is not to be restricted to any specific form, type or nature of the figure, body, object or article to be carried by pin section 26 and 21.

There has thus far been described the :means for rotating or turning the figure or Aobject (com-- posed of sections U and L) about its transverse axis. When knob I6 is turned in either la clock wise or counter-clockwise direction, tubular housing I5, indicator ring 2I and its pointers "23, arm 24, and sections U and L turn in unison therewith. Ring 2| and :lia-nge 'I4 of 'bushing l`I2I serve to prevent any longitudinal movement of tubular housing I and its associated knob I6.

The small knob 28 is employed to rotate or turn the figure or object about its llongitudinal axis. 29 designates a rod or shaft which is turnably mounted in tubular 'housing I5, the rear end of said rod extending through knob I6, and 'the forward endjthereof extending through and beyond plug Ilia and being Adisposed above arm 24. Small knob 28 is mounted on vthe rear end of said rod 2S posteriorly of said knob I6, the forward end of said rod carrying thesmall bevel gear 30. The said gear 3B is disposed normal 'to the said rod 2S and meshes with a :larger :bevel gear 3l. The said bevel gear 3I is integral with gear 32, being spaced inwardly ofthe peripheral A'edge of said gear 32 at the top face thereof. 'The said gear 32 is turnably mounted on arm 24 by 'means of the pin 33, and meshes with the gear '34, the latter gear being integral with and carried vby the upper anchoring pin section '26 adjacent the lower end thereof..

When knob 28 'is turned in either a clockwise or counter-clockwise direction, rod 29 and bevel gear 3D turn in unison therewith, thereby causing gears 3I, 32 and 34 to also turn therewith. Anchoring pin P is thus caused to turn, thereby rotating the figure or object about its longitudinal axis.

A small ring 35 is mounted on -rodr29 `the said ring being in abutment with the 'outer face of plug IBa. The said ring 35 and small vknob `28 serve to prevent longitudinal movement of -said rod 29.

If desired, the device `may be Vprovided with overhead illuminating means 36 mounted on Vthe upper part of standard I0.

It will be observed that the means for rotating or turning the figure or object about its longitudinal axis are operatively independent from the means for turning the same about its -transverse axis, although the former is carried 'by the latter. However, in the latter case the said indicators turn when "knob VIii is turned.

As will be understood 'from the drawing, the iigure rotation'on lits transverse axis is provided by the rotation of casing or housing I5, -while its rotation on the longitudinal laxis is provided iby the rotation of rod or shaft Lboth being mounted within'the support I0 with the rod car-riedby the casing I5. However, the position of rt'herod in the casing is such that eachhasrits'indi-vidual axis of rotation `with such Aaxes extending .1in spaced parallelism. .Asaresultgit sicvidentlthai during the rotation of the casing individually the rod will travel bodily with the casing, together with the gearing operated thereby. but without rotation on its own axis. Hence, the posture of the figure does not change during such movement except the change provided by the movement on the transverse axis, the travel of the rod not aiecting any change in posture on the longitudinal axis, but locating the rod and its mechanism in proper position vto produce the movement on the longitudinal axis at will in such changed position by the operation of knob 28. However, when rod 4 is rotated alone on its own axis vof rotation, the position of the casing I5 is .not affected, so that the gure change in posture is then solely on the longitudinal axis. It .would l-redui'rsa :concurrent individual rotation of both. knobs I6 and 28 to provide for concurrent oh'angeiin posture of the iigure on both the transverse and longitudinal axes, but individual rotation of theknobs -willlimit posture'change to that of a single axis.

In other Words, while rod 4 and its mechanism are movable with lcasing I5 when no change in posture von the longitudinal axis is desired, such movement of the rod and its mechanism is bodily and not Arotative on its own axis, the advantage being that the mechanism is always in position to provide 'the movement of the gure on the longitudinal axis regardless of what maybe the position on the transverse axis. Consequently, the gure can be moved individually on either the transverse axis `or the longitudinal axis by the individual rotation of knobs i6 and 28, or can be moved concurrently on both axes by the concurrent rotation of the two knobs. The unrestricted form of either of the mechanisms is such that the figure can'be rotated on either axis in a continuous path equal to a complete revolu tion. These results are obtainable with the simple form of mechanism disclosed through the fact that the rotation action is based upon the individual axes of rotation which extends within 'the support in spaced parallelism.

As evidenced b y the drawings, the axis of rotation of ycasing I5 is aligned with the transverse axis of the figure, while shaft ll, gearing Bil-34 together with 'knob 28 are located on one and `the same side of such axis, and are symmetrically disposed relative to a radial plane extending through such axis of rotation in the direction of `length of the latter. The said plane also extends through and in correspondence with the direction of length of the longitudinal axis ofthe figure.

As indicated in the drawings and specification, casing lI5 andits knob I6 serve as a manual operator and its operating knob for rotating the iigure on its transverse axis. Similarly shaft r29 and its knob 28 serve as a manual operator and its operating knob vfor rotating the figure on its 'longitudinal axis. This operator is located within the casing but is `positioned ,therein in nonco-axial lrelation to the axis of the casing, the axis of the shaft is parallel `to but spaced from the axis of the casing. Hence, the second operatol` (shaftlS) is capable of rotating as an individual to provide the gure movement about its longitudinal axis. During figure rotation on its transverse axis by casing rotation, this operator is not manually operated. However, during such casing rotation, this operator is valso rotated lin ,synchronism wth'the casing, due to its position within the .casina shait 29, during the casing rotation, advancing in a circular path as it is being carried by the casing, with the result that such advance in such path will cause the shaft periphery to shift rotatively, and thus 4provide the needed operator rotation without manual activity of its knob. The two operators complete a single revolution in exactly the same time and concurrently. As a result, for this movement only the knob I6 need be manually operated, knob 28 remaining untouched manually during figure rotation on the transverse axis, although the operatol` and its knob 28 are actually being rotated through the casing rotation.

There has been illustrated and described a preferred embodiment of the invention, but it is obvious that various changes, transpositions, and omissions may be made without departing from its spirit.

The device can be employed for art and educational observation and study; for anatomical observation and study; as an educational toy; and for any type of display. However, the invention is not to be limited to any specic use.

The invention is not to be limited to any specic size of three dimensional gure employed with the device. The gure or object may be of natural size or of any other desired size.

What is claimed is:

l. A device of the character described comprising a support, a tubular casing turnably mounted on said support, an indicator mounted on said casing and turnable in unison therewith, an arm carried by the forward end of said casing and turnable in unison therewith, an anchoring member turnably mounted on said arm, said anchoring member being perpendicularly disposed relative to said arm and casing and being composed of an upper holding section and a lower pin-holding section symmetrical about said arm, a half gure section mounted on each of said pin-holding sections, said pin-holding sections and gure sections being turnable about a transverse axis of the gure through a complete revolution when said casing and arm are rotated and means carried by and movable with said casing for turning said pin-holding sections and figure halves about their longitudinal axes, said casing and said turning means each including an individual manual operator and its operating knob, the axes of said operators being non-co-axial with the operator of the turning means positioned within such operator casing, said casing vand said turning means each having an individual axis of rotation within the support, said axes of rotation extending in spaced parallelism, said indicator serving to indicate positions of ligure parts in diierent positions of adjustment on the vertical axis.

2. A device of the character described in accordance with claim 1 in which the means for turning the anchoring member and ligure halves about such longitudinal axes comprises a rod having a knob at the forward end thereof and a first bevel gear at the opposite end thereof, said rod being carried by the tubular casing, the said rst bevel gear meshing with a second bevel gear integral with a rst gear turnably mounted on the arm, the said rst gear meshing with a second gear mounted on the anchoring member inter'- mediate the iigure sections.

CONRAD VASQUEZ.

References Cited in the le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,388,220 Thompson Aug. 23, 1921 1,751,863 Hummert Mar. 25, 1930 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 184 Italy a 1882 

